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Healthy and Balanced Learners

Prioritize social, emotional, and physical well-being of students.

  

3.1 Develop and implement a coherent and systematic approach to social and emotional learning (SEL) Pre-K-12.

3.2 Develop a comprehensive approach to health education Pre-K-12.

3.1 Develop and implement coherent systems for collecting and using student learning data to better understanding the need of individuals and groups of students.

  • Identify District SEL committee.
    • Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
    • Date: October, 2020
    • Status [future work, in process, completed]: 
    • Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
  • Inventory and assess current approaches and materials used for SEL.
    • Person Responsible: District SEL Committee
    • Date: November, 2020
    • Status [future work, in process, completed]: 
    • Budget Impact: FY22 Budget Impact Estimate: No predicted budget impact
  • Explore effective approaches to SEL used in other systems.
    • Person Responsible: District SEL Committee
    • Date: February, 2021
    • Status [future work, in process, completed]: 
    • Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
  • Agree upon coherent approaches and materials to support SEL system-wide.
    • Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA), and curriculum leadership team (PreK-12)
    • Date: March, 2021
    • Status [future work, in process, completed]: 
    • Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
  • Develop plan for professional learning and implementation of coherent approach to SEL.
    • Person Responsible: District SEL Committee
    • Date: April, 2021 - June, 2021
    • Status [future work, in process, completed]: 
    • Budget Impact: FY22 Budget Impact Estimate: Northborough - $8,000, Southborough - $6,000 and Regional - $6,000
  • Identify and collect baseline data about students’ social-emotional health and physical well-being and then use this data to monitor progress.
    • Person Responsible: Working Group, Assistant Superintendent, Director of English Language Education, guidance faculty, Wellness Coordinator
    • Date: December, 2020 - June, 2021
    • Status [future work, in process, completed]: 
    • Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact

3.2 Develop a comprehensive approach to health education Pre-K-12.

  • Health and Wellness Committee review the role and functions of the committee, redefine, and set plans for the committee’s future work.
    • Person Responsible: Wellness Coordinator
    • Date: October, 2020 - June, 2021
    • Status [future work, in process, completed]: 
    • Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
  • Inventory and assess current approaches and materials used for Health Education PK-12 including physical education and health classes as well as extra-curricular health and wellness offerings.
    • Person Responsible: Wellness Coordinator and District Wellness Committee
    • Date: November, 2020
    • Status [future work, in process, completed]: 
    • Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
  • Explore effective approaches to Health Education used in other systems.
    • Person Responsible: Wellness Coordinator and District Wellness Committee
    • Date: February, 2021
    • Status [future work, in process, completed]: 
    • Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
  • Agree upon an approach and materials to support consistent and comprehensive Health education system-wide.
    • Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA), and curriculum leadership team (PreK-12)
    • Date: March, 2021
    • Status [future work, in process, completed]: 
    • Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
  • Plan for additional health and wellness extra-curricular offerings that use Universal Design standards to meet the needs of all students.
    • Person Responsible: Directors of Student Support Services and NASA
    • Date: October, 2020 - June, 2021
    • Status [future work, in process, completed]: 
    • Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact
  • Implement the plan for Start Time Initiative to support healthy sleep habits among students.
    • Person Responsible: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Northborough, Algonquin, and Southborough Administrators leadership team (NASA)
    • Date: October, 2020 - June, 2021
    • Status [future work, in process, completed]: 
    • Budget Impact: No predicted budget impact